2014: First 1/4 Top 5

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Wed May 21, 2014 2:31 pm

discostu Wrote:

1. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams (this isn't going to move from this spot)

What's the story on this?

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed May 21, 2014 2:49 pm

discostu Wrote:

jsh Wrote:

Ought - More Than Any Other Day

it's really good too

RIYL?

Kind of a post-punk smorgasbord

but maybe: Parquet Courts, Women, The Feelies, The Method Actors (was just listening to them the other day so they came to mind), a little David Byrne

Their sound is a little on the brighter side, but it gets somewhat intense and noisy in parts.

Honestly haven't listened to the whole album yet, but it's been kind of in the queue for a while now. Definitely like what I've heard.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

PopTodd Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

I suspect whichever 4 of the above I chose to round out a top 5 wouldn't stay there long because new albums from perennial billy g favs John Fullbright, Joe Henry, Sturgill Simpson, Mary Gauthier, Zoe Muth, Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison and Luke Haines are all due out in the next month.

Really excited for the new Luke Haines!
He seems to be getting into the whole concept album thing.
http://thequietus.com/articles/14708-lu ... -vega-says

I'm not a huge fan of the concept record format but this is at least much more interesting in theme than his last two. I'm a sucker though and will buy anything he releases. I've heard a few samples and they sound somewhat promising.

I think I saw you post something about being interested in the Damon Albarn album. If you haven't picked that up yet, do it. It's really good and pretty easily my 2nd favorite album of the year at this point. It reminds a little of the Good, the Bad & the Queen album in that it has a very layered sound that keeps revealing itself over many listens. It also has the same sort of comforting feel that album did. I don't like it quite as much as that album (at least not yet but I really loved that one). It is my 2nd favorite thing he's ever done though and yes that means I like it more than any Blur album although I don't expect many (any) people to share that sentiment.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed May 21, 2014 5:11 pm

billy g Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

I suspect whichever 4 of the above I chose to round out a top 5 wouldn't stay there long because new albums from perennial billy g favs John Fullbright, Joe Henry, Sturgill Simpson, Mary Gauthier, Zoe Muth, Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison and Luke Haines are all due out in the next month.

Really excited for the new Luke Haines!
He seems to be getting into the whole concept album thing.
http://thequietus.com/articles/14708-lu ... -vega-says

I'm not a huge fan of the concept record format but this is at least much more interesting in theme than his last two. I'm a sucker though and will buy anything he releases. I've heard a few samples and they sound somewhat promising.

I think I saw you post something about being interested in the Damon Albarn album. If you haven't picked that up yet, do it. It's really good and pretty easily my 2nd favorite album of the year at this point. It reminds a little of the Good, the Bad & the Queen album in that it has a very layered sound that keeps revealing itself over many listens. It also has the same sort of comforting feel that album did. I don't like it quite as much as that album (at least not yet but I really loved that one). It is my 2nd favorite thing he's ever done though and yes that means I like it more than any Blur album although I don't expect many (any) people to share that sentiment.

Agreed about the concept thing. But, like you, I love Luke Haines.
And I have every intention of picking up the Albarn thing. Really looking forward to it.
2014 is proving to be a sneakily good year for new releases -- a lot of things coming out from artists that I hadn't heard or heard of before, that are probably going to be among my year-end top 10.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed May 21, 2014 6:36 pm

FT Wrote:

I should mention the new Old 97's is also really good.

Agreed, its the best thing they've done in a while. I'm also positive I'm going to tire of it, but for now, loving.

discostu · **Posted:** Wed May 21, 2014 7:26 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

discostu Wrote:

1. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams (this isn't going to move from this spot)

What's the story on this?

Sounds like a soundtrack to a David Lynch film noir; darkly sexy. Production/arrangements are perfect. Comparisons to Nick Cave doing Lee Hazelwood have been thrown around.

Sketch · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2014 5:30 am

Including April/May releases:

YES!
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
Afghan Whigs - To Do the Beast

Yup
War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Polar Bear - In Each and Every One
Angel Olson - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Warpaint S/T
Jeremy Messersmith - Heart Murmurs

Meh
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Wild Beasts - Present Tense

Needs more time: Swans, DBT, Mogwai, Cloud Nothings, Future
Haven't heard yet: Damien Jurado, The Both, Elbow, Hold Steady, Behemoth, Beck, Mac Demarco, Timber Timbre, Tune-Yards

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2014 10:19 am

Sketch Wrote:

Including April/May releases:

YES!

Afghan Whigs - Do To the Beast

Pretty much as good as anything they ever did......

FT · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2014 10:08 am

Sketch Wrote:

Sun Kil Moon - Benji

I have mixed feelings about the album as a whole, but with each passing listen, "Dogs" burrows deeper into my psyche. That song is so majestically fucked up.

Cupcakes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:04 am **Posts:** 3271

In no particular order of 6 clingers:

Greg Ashley - Another Generation of Slaves
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
Obnox - Louder Space
Watery Love - Decorative Feeding
Constant Lovers - Experience Feelings
Yi - Crying

I have yet to hear thee new Oh Sees, Ex-Cult or Mogwai (too much too soon) records.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Sun May 25, 2014 2:36 am

duckyboy Wrote:

Mac Demarco--Salad Days

I can't decide if this is genius or terrible. Regardless, I've been trying to decide lately.

harry · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 12:45 am

Evil Dr. K Wrote:

Withered Hand - New Gods. Scottish band of the moment. OK, a couple of better than average highlights.

I listen to so much ambient, electronic, ECM jazz, post-classical now days... it's always a happy find to good guitar-based rock. I don't know how I found it but Withered Hand is spectacularly good. Shoe-gazey, thickly layered, big picture but raw rock.

harry · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 12:47 am

Rick Derris Wrote:

duckyboy Wrote:

Mac Demarco--Salad Days

I can't decide if this is genius or terrible. Regardless, I've been trying to decide lately.

Exactly. I am leaning to "crap."

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2014 12:52 pm

I'm not really feeling the new Mac Demarco so far.

II was good, though, so I'm trying to give this a chance.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2014 12:59 pm

Lydia Lovelace's Somewhere Else has shot into my top tier for the year. Holy crap, kids, listen to this one.

Cupcakes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:04 am **Posts:** 3271

I really dislike the production of this album.
The overall punch and dynamics of the songs are lost to big upfront drums and vocals with the rest of the mix jumbled into a big muddy mess.
Maybe Albini should remix this for a 2015 RSD gouge-session.

Cupcakes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:04 am **Posts:** 3271

harry Wrote:

Rick Derris Wrote:

duckyboy Wrote:

Mac Demarco--Salad Days

I can't decide if this is genius or terrible. Regardless, I've been trying to decide lately.

Exactly. I am leaning to "crap."

I'm still baffled that 2 was so popular.
I forced my way through that snoozer 2 times before I attributed it to just another shiny shrink-wrapped turd turned out by the hype machine.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

i will echo withered hand being great, its probably in my top five now

kishi bashi - lighght is now the #1

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

Jerkass Wrote:

harry Wrote:

Rick Derris Wrote:

duckyboy Wrote:

Mac Demarco--Salad Days

I can't decide if this is genius or terrible. Regardless, I've been trying to decide lately.

Exactly. I am leaning to "crap."

I'm still baffled that 2 was so popular.
I forced my way through that snoozer 2 times before I attributed it to just another shiny shrink-wrapped turd turned out by the hype machine.

yeah i find his stuff pretty much unlistenable. the only reason i wish i had kept "2" was because it sells for about $150 bucks now

duckyboy · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:18 am

Damn, I had no idea Mac DeMarco was so polarizing!

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2014 4:57 pm

jsh Wrote:

Ought - More Than Any Other Day

This may be my AOTY now.

Shaping up to be another year of good-not-great stuff so far, though.

I still haven't listened to that new Swans album, but I just haven't been able to get myself in the mood for a new 2-hour Swans album yet. I'm sure it's good.

Roach · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:39 pm **Posts:** 955

1) Mordecai -Neil’s Generator
2) Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right
3) Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans
4) Causa Sui - Live at Freak Valley
5) Watery Love - Decorative Feeding
6) Natural Child - Dancin' With Wolves
7) The Unholy Two - Talk About Hardcore
8) Obnox - Louder Space
9) Predator - The Complete Earth
10) Nashville Pussy - Up the Dosage

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:07 am

Yeah I don't get what people see/hear in Mac DeMarco.

bort · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:36 pm

FT Wrote:

mcaputo Wrote:

The Both – the both

I had really high hopes for this, and it actually surpassed my expectations. GREAT record!

So far The Both track is my favorite thing off of Radcliffe's mix.

Hype.

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